Neck-protector



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. LAHL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

NECK-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,534, datedSeptember 25, 1894.

Application filed October 19, 1893- serial No. 4 30- N0 m el-l To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY A. LAHL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin,

have invented a certain new and useful Im provement in Neck-Protectors;and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to neck protectors for barbers use, and the objectof my invention is to provide a device adapted to be adjusted inposition about the neck during the opera-' tion of cutting the hair, soas to prevent the clippings of hair from finding their way down theneck, inside the clothing.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is aplan view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the samein position on the neck.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A designates a capeformedpreferably of soft paper, and suitably shaped at one edge as at a,to fit around the neck in a familiar manner.

Around the curved edged of the protector is secured in any suitablemanner, a strip B of cotton batting or any other suitable material ofsoft fibrous texture.

In applying my improved device to the neck, the usual apron or haircloth 0 is placed about the neck in the ordinary manner, and theprotector is then adjusted in position in the manner shown in Fig. 2with the strip B of cotton batting or similar material in contact withthe skin. While the hair is being out any clippings, which underordinary circumstances would slip inside the clothing about the neckwill be caught by the fibrous strip B around the inner edge ofthe'protector, and will be retained thereby, and efiectually preventedfrom slipping down the neck.

After the operation of cutting the hair has with itall clippings of hairwhich have not been brushed away before its removal, and all liabilityof said clippings finding their way inside the clothing about the neckis thus effectually prevented.

My improved device may be so cheaply made that after being once used itmay be thrown away, and a new one used for each subsequent customer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A neck protector for barbers use comprising a cape of flexible materialhaving a curved neck opening extending from one edge inward to itscentral part, and a layer of soft fibrous material secured to onesurface of the cape at and adjacent to said neck opening, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY A. LAHL.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. WILES, E. W. STOUT.

